Improved halter-hitch



iltiitl i gieten @aient dtiiiira ALONZO T. BOON AND LUCIIIN MILLS, OF eALEs-BURG, ILLINOIS.

y LenmPmniNo. 90,812,naamw-1,1869.

IMPRovED HALTER-anca The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it ma/y concern:

Be it known that we, ALONZO '.l. BOON and LUOIEN MILLS, of the city of Galesburg, in the county of Knox, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Halter-Hitch; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making a part device is intended to enable a person to secure hisA horse in an easy manner.

It consists in introducing the end of.the halter V:through a slot or opening in ametallic box on'other device, in such a manner as to form a loop therein, and then inserting a bolt or catch through the loop, which bolt or catch will thus hold the halter. The bolt,'being provided with a shoulder on the under side thereof, is prevented from beipg slipped out of the loopl by the shoulder catching against a lugr with which' -ceive screws c c c c, by means of which the box is fastened to the post or other place.

The projections b b join with a projection, B, which is elongated at a proper distance therefrom, and provided with an eye, D, at the end thereof, to receive the smaller part of the bolt E, which has its end, e, turned out at right angles therefrom, for the hand to take hold of, to work the bolt, this end of the bolt being inserted through the eye, while the other end is put through a slot or eye, f, in the upper end of the box, which eye f is made larger" than thel eye E, to re- Y ceive the larger part of the bolt, thc difference thus made in the construction of the bolt forming a shoulder on the sides and front thereof, just where the larger part of the bolt begins on the upper side of the box, which shoulder will prevent thebolt from being taken out of the eyes, when attached to the post, by its coming against the eye E.

The box has a slot or opening, F, in the front therei of, large enough to receive the loop of the halter, which,

when it is desired to hitch the horse, the bolt being drawn up, the loop isl introduced into the box, through the slot thereof, and the bolt slipped down through the loop, which thus securely holds the halter.

The larger part of the bolt is made but a ytrifle smaller in width than that of the slot. Thus, if the horse should pull upon the halter, the eye j' of the box being large enough in front of the bolt, the bolt will be drawn forward, and be caused to press upon and bind the loop against the sides of the slot, so that, the

tighter the horse puils, thetigbter will the bolt be heldfrom coming out of the loop; but, to provide against the `horse slipping the -bolt out by 'soniemeans or other, and thus release himself, the bolt is hollow'ed out in such a manner, on the under side thereof, as to form a shoulder, y, whichwill .come in contact with the lug G, on the projection B, and hence hold the bolt.

The under side of the bolt, extending down from the shoulder thereof, is hollowed out sufficiently to allow the bolt to work over the lug. 4

When it is desired to raise lthe bolt, it is pulled for# ward, to let the shoulder pass over the'lug.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What we claim therein as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is

The slot or opening F, of a box or other device,

,provided with a bolt or catch, E, in combination with the loop of a halter, substantially as and for the pur- -pose set forth. 

